also powder-keg
(~s)
If you describe a situation or a place as a ~, you mean that it could easily become very dangerous.
Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a ~.
N-COUNT
also powder-keg
(~s)
If you describe a situation or a place as a ~, you mean that it could easily become very dangerous.
Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a ~.
N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012